STRONGS NUMBER G1284

Original Word: διαρρήσσω
Transliteration: diarrēssō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ar-hrayce'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to tear asunder
Meaning: to tear asunderbreak, rend.

From dia and rhegnumi; to tear asunder -- break, rend.

see GREEK dia

see GREEK rhegnumi

STRONGS NT 1284: διαρρήγνυμι

διαρρήγνυμι and διαρρήσσω (Luke 8:29 (R G; see below)); 1 aorist διέρρηξα; imperfect passive 3 person singular διερρήγνυτο (Luke 5:6, where Lachmann text διερηγνυτο and T Tr WH διερησσετο (L marginal reading διερρήσσετο), also L T Tr WH διαρησσων in Luke 8:29; (WH have διερηξεν in Matthew 26:65, and διαρηξας in Mark 14:68; see their Appendix, p. 163. and under the word P, π)); to break asunder, burst through, rend asunder: τά δεσμά, Luke 8:29; τό δίκτυον, passive, Luke 5:6; τά ἱμάτια, χιτῶνας, to rend, which was done by the Jews in extreme indignation or in deep grief (cf. B. D. under the word , 4): Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:63; Acts 14:14, cf. Genesis 37:29, 34, etc.; 1 Macc. 11:71; Josephus, b. j. 2, 15, 4. (the Sept. (Homer), Sophocles, Xenophon, subsequent writings.)